Zygodontomys
Genus of rodents
| Zygodontomys Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Oryzomyini |
| Genus: | Zygodontomys J.A. Allen, 1897 |
| Type species | |
| Oryzomys cherriei J.A. Allen, 1895 | |
| Species | |
| Zygodontomys brevicauda | |
Zygodontomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of the family Cricetidae. Its closest relative may be Scolomys. It ranges from Central America east to the Guianas. It contains two species: Zygodontomys brunneus and Zygodontomys brevicauda.
References
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Species of tribe Oryzomyini (rice rats)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Cricetidae
- Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
- O. albiventer
- †O. antillarum
- O. couesi
- O. dimidiatus
- O. gorgasi
- †O. nelsoni
- O. palustris
- O. peninsulae
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